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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index cb3f7934ce..bbda55854f 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -19,24 +19,16 @@ To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: Compatibility ============== -Microsoft ended support for Windows XP on [April 8th, 2014](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsForBusiness/end-of-xp-support), -an OS initially released in 2001. This means that not even critical security -updates will be released anymore. Without security updates, using a bitcoin -wallet on a XP machine is irresponsible at least. +Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using +the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later. -In addition to that, with 0.12.x there have been varied reports of Bitcoin Core -randomly crashing on Windows XP. It is [not clear](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/7681#issuecomment-217439891) -what the source of these crashes is, but it is likely that upstream -libraries such as Qt are no longer being tested on XP. +Microsoft ended support for Windows XP on [April 8th, 2014](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsForBusiness/end-of-xp-support). +No attempt is made to prevent installing or running the software on Windows XP, you +can still do so at your own risk but be aware that there are known instabilities. +Please do not report issues about Windows XP to the issue tracker. -We do not have time nor resources to provide support for an OS that is -end-of-life. From 0.13.0 on, Windows XP is no longer supported. Users are -suggested to upgrade to a newer version of Windows, or install an alternative OS -that is supported. - -No attempt is made to prevent installing or running the software on Windows XP, -you can still do so at your own risk, but do not expect it to work: do not -report issues about Windows XP to the issue tracker. +Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not +frequently tested on them. Notable changes =============== @@ -48,6 +40,17 @@ Low-level RPC changes an optional third arg, which was always ignored. Make sure to never pass more than two arguments. +Fee Estimation Changes +---------------------- + +- Since 0.13.2 fee estimation for a confirmation target of 1 block has been + disabled. This is only a minor behavior change as there was often insufficient + data for this target anyway. `estimatefee 1` will now always return -1 and + `estimatesmartfee 1` will start searching at a target of 2. + +- The default target for fee estimation is changed to 6 blocks in both the GUI + (previously 25) and for RPC calls (previously 2). + Removal of Priority Estimation ------------------------------- @@ -58,9 +61,11 @@ Removal of Priority Estimation converted to the new format which is not readable by prior versions of the software. -- The concept of "priority" transactions is planned to be removed in the next - major version. To prepare for this, the default for the rate limit of priority - transactions (`-limitfreerelay`) has been set to `0` kB/minute. +- The concept of "priority" (coin age) transactions is planned to be removed in + the next major version. To prepare for this, the default for the rate limit of + priority transactions (`-limitfreerelay`) has been set to `0` kB/minute. This + is not to be confused with the `prioritisetransaction` RPC which will remain + supported for adding fee deltas to transactions. P2P connection management -------------------------- |